Student in Systematic Trading

Are you ready to be part of a team works with large datasets and trades billions of euros worth of assets every day? We are looking for a curious and proactive student, to execute trades and optimize our trading frameworks!
 

Nordea Asset Management (NAM) is a Nordic Asset manager with a global reach. In NAM, returns and responsibility go hand-in-hand; we have been integrating Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) principles into our investment strategies for over 35 years. Join us in shaping the investment landscape, hopefully making a positive impact on the world in the process. 

About this opportunity
 

Within the Investments area Global Trading is responsible for order generation and trade execution on behalf of portfolio managers across asset classes.
 

You’ll join the systematic trading desk within the global trading team. We handle most of the highly liquid products such as Government Bonds, Repos, IRS, and FX. The desk trades in a systematic way, and our trading frameworks are built on data analysis, which guides our electronic execution. We spend a lot of our time analysing data, looking for ways to reduce trading costs, find liquidity, and optimize our market impact.
 

What you’ll be doing:

• Daily execution of orders and trades, and monitoring trading systems
• Projects involving analysis, statistics, and structuring of large amounts of data for tasks such as optimizing the internal trading frameworks.
• Contact with relevant stakeholders, both internal and external, such as portfolio managers and our counterparties.

The role is 20 hours per week on average but we will be accommodating around exams.
 

The role is based in Copenhagen (Danish is NOT a requirement).

Who you are
 

Collaboration. Ownership. Passion. Courage. These are the values that guide us in being at our best – and that we imagine you share with us. Our shared vision is to make NAM an organisation where every existing and aspiring employee feels welcomed and has access to career development opportunities regardless of any social or personal characteristics.
 

To do well in this role, we believe that you:

• You have completed the second year of your bachelor's studies or have at least a year left of your master's degree within a quantitative field (economics, mathematics, engineering, IT, HA mat./IT., finance with a quantitative scope or similar).
• You have great analytical and technical skills
• You a comfortable in a scripting language such as Python/R/Matlab.
• You are interested in asset management and financial market microstructure
• You can adapt and work in a sometimes fast changing working environment.

We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all the bullets as we are searching for diverse candidates with different experiences and skillsets. 

If this sounds like you, get in touch!

Next steps

Submit your application no later than 15/03/2024. For more information, you’re welcome to contact Kasper Folke on kasper.folke@nordea.com or Anton Brandt Frandsen on anton.brandt.frandsen@nordea.com.

At Nordea, we know that an inclusive workplace is a sustainable workplace. We deeply believe that our diverse backgrounds, experiences, characteristics and traits make us better at serving customers and communities. So please come as you are.

Please be aware that any applications or CVs coming through email or direct messages will not be accepted or considered.